Dark Ambitions

Twenty-four-year old Amy Brown knew what she wanted to be when she grew up: a serial killer. After her arrest for attempted first-degree murder, she told police that she had planned to kill a man she met online, eat his heart, and leave a note on his body in case anyone wondered where his missing body part went. She also said she had fantasized about murder since middle school.

Fortunately, the 29-year-old man, whose lung she punctured with a knife managed to fight her off, escape their hotel room, and get help at a nearby drugstore. She is now serving 18 years in prison.

Serial killer wannabe and filmmaker Mark Twitchell managed to kill someone before he was caught, although his first intended victim also managed to get away. Posing as a gorgeous blonde woman on the Plenty of Fish dating website, he lured Johnny Altinger to his home and killed him. He then described the gory details in a diary on his laptop he called SK Confessions. This document, and testimony from his first victim, helped put him behind bars for the next 25 years.

However, it may have been his piece, Profile of a Psychopath, that was the most honest. In it, he wrote that he had come to realize that he was different from most people, lacking the honesty and compassion that gives most of us our moral compass. Months before he killed Johnny Altinger, he shared his dark fantasies and admiration of…